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Los Angeles Kings goalkeeper Jonathan Quick could return from a lower-body injury when the New York Islanders visit Staples Center on Thursday night.Quick Calgary Flames Hoodies Authentic , a three-time NHL All Star and 2012 Conn Smythe Trophy winner, sustained the injury during practice on Oct. 7, two days after a 3-2 overtime loss to the San Jose Sharks in the season opener.Jack Campbell has played the past five games and went 2-3-0 with a 2.69 goals-against average and a .922 save percentage.Article continues below ...The Kings have lost two in a row while getting outscored 9-2.The Islanders (2-3-0) have also dropped two in a row after losing 4-1 at the Anaheim Ducks on Wednesday night. Robin Lehner will start in goal for New York after Thomas Greiss gave up three goals on 24 shots against Anaheim.Lehner made 35 saves in a 4-0 shutout against the Sharks on Oct. 8, but gave up four goals on 28 shots in a 5-2 loss at the Nashville Predators on Saturday.Lehner has struggled against Los Angeles in his career, owning a 1-5-0 mark, 3.08 GAA and .908 save percentage.Quick went through a normal practice Wednesday Calgary Flames Hats Authentic , giving promise that he would return to the lineup in the near future.“I just want to feel good and confident out there and feel like you’re not risking further injury,” he told LA Kings Insider. “Just always constantly working towards those goals.”Kings coach John Stevens added that he’ll need to get a thumbs up from the medical staff before he decides when to insert Quick into the lineup.“I’ve got to wait for them to tell me, No. 1, that he’s ready to go, and No. 2, there’s no risk of re-injury Custom Calgary Flames Jerseys ,” Stevens said.Quick has put up good numbers the limited times he has faced the Islanders.He’s 5-1-2 with a 1.59 GAA and .935 save-percentage.Los Angeles also recalled forward Sheldon Rempal, who could make his NHL debut against the Islanders.Rempal is the leading scorer for Ontario of the American Hockey League, totaling four goals and four assists in four games.He had 23 goals and 23 assists in 39 games with Clarkson University last season. He signed a two-year entry-level contract as an unrestricted free agent last March.“He’s obviously played really well down there,” Stevens told LA Kings Insider. “I thought he looked good in practice (Wednesday), played with really good pace, really good skill and he had really good confidence www.officialhurricanes.com , so it was good to see.”Islanders fourth-line center Casey Cizikas returned to the lineup on Wednesday night after missing the previous game with a lower-body injury and scored the lone goal for New York with 34 seconds left. VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) Vancouver Canucks forward Brock Boeser will likely miss the remainder of the NHL season after the team said he will be out four to six weeks with a back injury.The star rookie left Rogers Arena on a stretcher and was taken to a hospital after a collision in the Canucks’ 4-3 overtime win over the New York Islanders on Monday.Boeser fell into an open gate at the players’ bench after trying to make a hit on Islanders forward Cal Clutterbuck.The Canucks said Tuesday that he was diagnosed with a soft-tissue injury and a nonstructural, non-displaced fracture of a transverse process in his lower back.The transverse process is a bony projection off side of a vertebra that serves as a point for ligament attachment. Each vertebrae has a transverse process on each side.The 21-year-old Boeser leads all NHL rookies with 29 goals and is second among rookies with 55 points in 62 games.—